The first table below looks at the prevalence of the term W3C in IT contracts advertised for the Hertfordshire region. Included is a guide to the average contractor rates offered in IT contracts that have cited W3C over the 3 months to 17 May 2013 with a comparison to the same period in the previous 2 years. The second table is for comparison and provides aggregates for all terms in our Miscellaneous category for the Hertfordshire region.

Note that daily contractor rates and hourly contractor rates are treated separately. When calculating average contractor rates, daily rates are not derived from quoted hourly rates or vice versa.

Location
3 months to
17 May 2013
Same period 2012 Same period 2011
Worldwide Web Consortium (W3C)
Rank 60 - 65
Rank change year-on-year
- 0
Contract jobs citing W3C 3 0 1
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 0.467% - 0.115%
As % of the Miscellaneous category 2.362% - 0.735%
Number of daily rates quoted 1 0 1
Average daily rate £200 - £130
UK excluding London average daily rate £301 £350 £265
% change year-on-year
-14.14% +32.07%
Number of hourly rates quoted 0 0 0
Average hourly rate - - -
UK excluding London average hourly rate £15.00 £28.75 £23.75
% change year-on-year
-47.82% +21.05%
All of the Miscellaneous Category
Hertfordshire
Contract IT job ads with a match in the
Miscellaneous category
127 203 136
As % of all contract IT jobs located in Hertfordshire 19.75% 20.97% 15.67%
Number of daily rates quoted 61 78 64
Average daily rate £420 £350 £344
Average daily rate % change year-on-year
+20.00% +1.81%
90% offered a daily rate of more than £246 £214 £169
10% offered a daily rate of more than £513 £473 £500
UK excluding London average daily rate £350 £342 £340
% change year-on-year
+2.41% +0.51%
Number of hourly rates quoted 11 16 8
Average hourly rate £35.00 £21.75 £37.00
Average hourly rate % change year-on-year
+60.91% -41.21%
90% offered a hourly rate of more than £15.00 £10.97 £25.38
10% offered a hourly rate of more than £37.50 £49.00 £37.50
UK excluding London average hourly rate £22.00 £24.50 £26.50
% change year-on-year
-10.20% -7.54%
W3C
East of England

W3C
Jobs Demand Trend

This chart provides a 3-month moving total of IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Hertfordshire region as a proportion of the total demand within the Miscellaneous category.

Hertfordshire W3C Jobs Demand Trend

W3C
Daily Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for daily rates quoted in IT contract jobs citing W3C across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire W3C Daily Rate Trend

W3C
Hourly Rate Trend

This chart provides the 3-month moving average for hourly rates quoted in IT contractor jobs citing W3C across the Hertfordshire region.

Hertfordshire W3C Hourly Rate Trend

W3C
Contract Locations

The table below looks at the demand and provides a guide to the average contractor rates quoted in IT jobs citing W3C within the Hertfordshire region over the 3 months to 17 May 2013. The 'Rank Change' column provides an indication of the change in demand within each location based on the same 3 month period last year.

Location
(Click each for more statistics)
Rank Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Matching
Contract
IT Job Ads
Average
Daily Rate
Last 3 Months
Average Daily Rate
% Change
on Same Period
Last Year
Watford - 2 - -
W3C
East of England

W3C
Top 23 Related IT Skills

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing W3C also mentioned the following IT skills in order of popularity. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited W3C.

1 10 (100.00%) JavaScript
1 10 (100.00%) HTML
1 10 (100.00%) CSS
1 10 (100.00%) XHTML
2 9 (90.00%) Finance
2 9 (90.00%) E-Commerce
2 9 (90.00%) Retail
2 9 (90.00%) JSP
2 9 (90.00%) Java
2 9 (90.00%) JSTL
2 9 (90.00%) Semantic HTML
3 5 (50.00%) Games
4 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
5 1 (10.00%) ColdFusion
5 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
5 1 (10.00%) XML
5 1 (10.00%) SQL
5 1 (10.00%) T-SQL
5 1 (10.00%) .NET
5 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
5 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
5 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
5 1 (10.00%) MooTools

W3C
Top Related IT Skills by Category

For the 6 months to 17 May 2013, IT contractor jobs across the Hertfordshire region citing W3C also mentioned the following IT skills grouped by category. The figures indicate the number of jobs and their proportion against the total number of contract IT job ads sampled that cited W3C. Up to 20 skills are shown per category.

Application Development
1 10 (100.00%) HTML
1 10 (100.00%) CSS
1 10 (100.00%) XHTML
2 9 (90.00%) JSTL
2 9 (90.00%) JSP
2 9 (90.00%) Semantic HTML
3 1 (10.00%) XML
3 1 (10.00%) .NET
3 1 (10.00%) ASP.NET
3 1 (10.00%) MooTools
3 1 (10.00%) .NET Framework
Application Platforms
1 1 (10.00%) ColdFusion
Database & Business Intelligence
1 1 (10.00%) SQL Server
General
1 9 (90.00%) Finance
1 9 (90.00%) Retail
2 5 (50.00%) Games
3 3 (30.00%) Manufacturing
Job Titles
1 10 (100.00%) Developer
2 9 (90.00%) Front-End Developer
3 1 (10.00%) ColdFusion Developer
Processes & Methodologies
1 9 (90.00%) E-Commerce
2 1 (10.00%) Web Application Development
Programming Languages
1 10 (100.00%) JavaScript
2 9 (90.00%) Java
3 1 (10.00%) SQL
3 1 (10.00%) T-SQL